Leviticus 23:28:9Lev.23.28.W9TAB
כִּפֻּרִים֙
kihpoorim
“atonement”
- Transliteration
- kih-POO-RIM
- Extended
- kih-POO-REEM
- IPA
- /kip.uˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- atonement
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
kih-POO-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
KI YOM kih-POO-RIM
- clause
KI YOM kih-POO-RIM HU le-KHA-PER a-LEE-khem lif-NEE Ye-ho-VAH eh-lo-HEE-khem
- sentence
ve-KHOL-meh-la-KHAH LO ta-a-SOO be-E-TSEM ha-YOM ha-ZEH KI YOM kih-POO-RIM HU le-KHA-PER a-LEE-khem lif-NEE Ye-ho-VAH eh-lo-HEE-khem
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces the explanatory clause identifying yom kippurim {יוֹם כִּפֻּרִים֙ | yōm kip-pû-rîm} ‘Day of Atonements’, with hu {הוּא | hû} ‘it is’ serving as the copula.
Root and etymology
Rootkaf-pe-resh
“to cover, atone”
In context — Leviticus 23:28
And you shall not do any work on the very day , because it is the Day of Atonements, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:28:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 23:28, so the Hebrew word כִּפֻּרִים֙ (kihpoorim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.23.28.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.28.W9.S1) and character.